Hot Dining: Upscale Food-Cart Fare at Diva at the Met

Unlike any corndog you’ve seen? Us too. Find it at Diva at the Met

Pity the poor corndog, getting no respect—except at Diva at the Met, that is. The downtown restaurant, long known for elegant, innovative fare, recently added a selection of food-cart-inspired $17 lunch items to its menu. The lowly corndog, now elevated to gourmet status with a batter of buttermilk and cornmeal and toppings of truffle mayo, grainy mustard and homemade sauerkraut, has proven such a popular item that it remains one of the stalwarts on an otherwise weekly changing selection of food-cart fare. You’ll never ignore a simple corndog again.—Sheri Radford